With the schools year coming to an end, I would like to express my true appreciation of the ARI Grant. React to Reading was truly a success. Student voice, student choice, and student accountability were a good formula for reading growth. Through the use of ARI funds, our classroom enjoyed a total of 30 new chapter book sets. We are grateful…Read More

Harlan County High School’s 2017-2018 CmPS team project was to encourage and educate the youth of Harlan County to participate in community problem solving.

As a team, we went to all of the middle school academic coaches and asked them to ask their academic team members id they would be interested. Two schools were interested: Wallins Jr. High…Read More

Well, we have closed out our school year. Boy, was it a busy year! I have enjoyed getting to work with all my students this year and most notably, our experience with the Promising Practices FIRE Summit. It was pretty amazing to see all the innovations that teachers across the area are doing. I was pleased with the results from the…Read More

My project, “Personalization for Our Paws” went really well. Each student that participated in the project showed an increase in reading level achievement. At the Summit in April, I feel that my presentation also went well. Data presented clearly showed a positive correlation between personalized learning and increases in student reading…Read More

My project went well and my students showed growth and progress. Students really enjoyed learning their multiplication facts. They really enjoy using the dry erase table during class. I felt my presentation went well. One thing I seen is how different teachers were grouping their students. I plan to try some of those techniques next year.